I'm Jake Kattau, founder of Leathy. I build and redevelop websites, run social media ads, and fix the digital gaps that are quietly costing small businesses customers every day.
My background isn't in design studios or ad agencies — it's in finance and hospitality. Working as a Customer Relationship Manager, I sat across the table from small business owners every week, helping them with lending, cash flow, and growth plans.
The same issue kept surfacing: brilliant local businesses — florists, hairdressers, grocers — with barely any digital presence. No real website, no ads, nothing to show up where their customers were already looking. They were losing sales they didn't even know about.
Leathy exists to fix that. I bring honest, affordable digital marketing to the businesses that need it most — built on the same values I carry from finance: plain numbers, real results, no spin.
Leathy is named after my grandmother Aleathea — a woman who lived by the belief that doing right by people, honestly and without pretence, was worth more than any clever trick.
That's the same principle I carry into every project. No inflated metrics. No vanity dashboards. Just real work, reported plainly, judged by what actually happens to your business.
The root of Aleathea, aletheia, means "truth" — literally "unconcealment." From a- ("not") + lēthē ("hidden"). In Greek myth, Aletheia was the spirit of truth and sincerity — the opposite of trickery.
Leathy carries that name forward: digital marketing with nothing concealed.
Built for small businesses with an existing presence that just needs the right care — florists, hairdressers, cafés, local grocers.
Fresh, fast sites for businesses starting from scratch — designed around how your customers actually decide to buy.
I improve sites on your existing domain — protecting your SEO history while upgrading speed, design, and structure.
Meta Business Suite campaigns built around your real customers and budget — strategy first, creative second.
Technical and on-page SEO so the right people find you before they find a competitor — measured plainly, improved steadily.
The same four stages every time — so you always know exactly where we're up to.
I review your current site, ads, and social presence in plain language — what's working, what's costing you, and where the biggest gain is.
A clear plan built on your existing domain and audience — no starting from zero unless it's genuinely the right call.
Your site is rebuilt, your ads are switched on, and reporting starts from day one — no black boxes.
Ongoing adjustments and honest monthly reporting — not a handover and goodbye, but a real ongoing relationship.
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Finance background means I report the way auditors do — what's real, not what looks good in a slide deck.
Affordable, value-added packages built for florists and hairdressers — not enterprise pricing for local business budgets.
You work with Jake directly. Calm, comfortable, and professional — no account handoffs, no generic support tickets.
Send a few details and Jake will come back within a couple of days — an honest read on where to start, no pitch attached.